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PEDAB Expands Toshiba Offering

by Helen Vince

In Sweden, PEDAB is offering digital signage solutions from Toshiba as part of its point-of-sale portfolio.

Tags:Distributors| Large Display Monitor| POS| Sweden| toshiba| Vol 22 - Issue 15

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 17

by Tom Allen

Germany’s CRN ran its own April Fool’s prank this year, pointing at an upcoming Apple eReader called the ‘iRead’. It certainly sounded promising – an UltraHD display, full Adobe RGB coverage and a pulse …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Back Panel| eReaders| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 17

ViewSonic’s Pro 10100 Makes Installation Projection Easy

by Tom Allen

The new Pro 10100 DLP projector from Viewsonic is a fixed installation model, with remotely-controlled motorised zoom, focus and lens adjustment. Optionally, users can switch out the default lenses to suit the projection environment …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Projectors| ViewSonic| Vol 22 - Issue 15| Worldwide

Asus Reveals First Chrome Hybrid

by Tom Allen

Four new Chromebooks have been previewed at a Google event in the USA – including the first convertible device running the Chrome OS. Owners of Asus’ new C100 Chromebook Flip can switch between tablet …

Tags:Asus| Chrome| Chromebooks| Google| Haier| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 22 - Issue 15

Ziggo to Axe 450 Jobs Over 3 Years

by Helen Vince

Dutch cable company Ziggo says it will cut around 450 jobs over the next three years. The move follows the completion last year of Ziggo’s merger with Liberty Global’s UPC Netherlands division (Display Monitor …

Tags:Employment and Redundancies| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 15

Is 2015 the Break out Year for Streaming Video on Demand?

by Steve Sechrist

Nielsen recently reported that US Households with Streaming Video On Demand (SVOD) spend an average of two hours and 45 minutes watching the mobile device screens, beating the homes with traditional TV, which had …

Tags:Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| Content Discovery| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Ratings (e.g. Nielsen)| TV Viewing| Vol 22 - Issue 15

V-Nova’s Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements

by Tom Allen

A UK company called V-Nova claims to have developed a new compression technology offering between two- and three-times bitrate savings in video streaming, compared to codecs such as H.264, HEVC and JPEG2000. ‘Perseus’ has …

Tags:broadband| Broadcast| Broadcasters| Broadcom| Codecs| EBU| HEVC (H.265)| Hitachi| Intel| JPEG2000| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sky| Vol 22 - Issue 14

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Researchers in Tel Aviv Find Electroluminescent Material

by Norbert Hildebrand

In an article published in Nature Nanotechnology, researchers from the University of Tel Aviv announced that they have found a material class that is not only self assembling but also electroluminescent. According to the …

Tags:display technology| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Fraunhofer to Show Flexible Encapsulation Films

by Tom Allen

Fraunhofer FEP will present test results for its barrier and transmission films, which have been exposed to weather for one year, at SVC 2015 (Santa Clara, USA, 25th – 30th April). Flexible electronic components …

Tags:Curved Displays| Digital Signage| E Ink| Film materials| Flexible Displays| Fraunhofer| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 14

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 16

by Tom Allen

Have you ever thought that your connection was just too fast? Do you struggle to find those precious moments to make a cup of coffee or take a toilet break while waiting for cat …

Tags:Back Panel| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Titan X Should be Used for UltraHD – And Only UltraHD

by Tom Allen

In a series of benchmarking tests, Hexus has determined that Nvidia’s new Titan X GPU (Titan X: A Low-Cost Answer to Titan Z) is capable of driving UltraHD content at very high frame rates …

Tags:Chips| Game Playing| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Researchers Discover Self-Healing Nanowire Properties

by Tom Allen

Silver nanowires are one option to replace ITO as a conductive material in displays – they are lower-cost and flexible – but research has been limited due to a lack of understanding about their …

Tags:Flexible Devices| ITO Replacement| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Silver Nanowire| Vol 22 - Issue 14